Scotland Women Head Coach Shade Munro said: “It was a very good contest given the difficult conditions. Both teams gave it everything.

“The difference between the two was that Spain were a bit more clinical and took their opportunities. They played most of the rugby in our half and put us under pressure and their scores ultimately came from that.

“We are disappointed but all the very best to Spain for the World Cup.”

You could expect more than 930 viewers of the live streaming, considering that Fiji is a rugby nation and that Japan has 120 millions inhabitants and this is a match determinant for the World Cup qualification

Note that there are some little mistakes on World Rugby's timeline.For example, the last try (a forward's try) was scored by Shiozaki (Number 20) and not Inoue (Number 21), behind the pack on the action.Shiozaki replaced Bogidraumainadave just after her own try but WR didn't notice it and we didn't see the substitution on youtube (we just saw Shiozaki on the ground).

I'm sure both Hong Kong and Japan saturday will battle for the victory, but perhaps it would be better to lose that game. The losing team will finish in the pool with Canada, New Zealand and Wales, the winning one will be included in the pool with France, Ireland and Australia. They seem all teams too much strong for Japan and Hong Kong, a part Wales; so I'd prefer to finish in their grouphttp://www.rwcwomens.com/pad

Hong Kong’s historic qualification for the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup “sets a real precedent about the potential we have in Hong Kong,” said coach Jo Hull after watching Japan beat Fiji on Tuesday - completing the line-up for next year’s showpiece in Ireland...........

victorsra wrote:As we are already in 2017, any news about who will be to host the 2021 WRWC?

With AFL and NRL moving to have women's leagues, it would be good to see it in Australia. Brisbane groups phase, Sydney playoffs.

USA is cool too, but not sure about the attendances.

Italy would be nice too, but it would be the 4th in a row in Europe.

In a word, no. World Rugby have never managed to nominate a host for the next World Cup until after the previous one - no idea why, other than the fact that they really need to ensure that the host would be competitive - and a ideally automatic qualifier.

Realistically I think we can forget Australia as there no real interest in women's XVs (which is in decline faced with sevens) or New Zealand who plead rampant poverty whenever the subject is raised (unless Dr Farah Palmer can find a cure).

I think, unless the tournament revisits a previous host, it does (as you suggest) come down to USA or Italy. Both will have good potential venues, but both will also have question marks over crowds, and also possibly TV coverage. However interesting outside bets for 2021, given their participation this time, might be Japan or Hong Kong - especially the latter.